Drug Controller General Of India

Strides Pharma receives regulatory approval to conduct trials in India for potential COVID-19 drug

Indian pharmaceutical company Strides Pharma Science Ltd said on Thursday it has got regulatory approval to conduct clinical trials of antiviral drug favipiravir, considered a potential treatment for COVID-19

Cipla inks licensing pact with Gilead Sciences for potential COVID-19 treatment drug remdesivir

Homegrown pharma major Cipla Ltd on Wednesday said it has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc for manufacturing and distribution of investigational drug remdesivir, a potential therapy for COVID-19

Hetero inks licensing agreement with Gilead for manufacturing, distribution of remdesivir

Domestic pharma major Hetero on Wednesday said it has entered into a licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc for manufacturing and distribution of remdesivir, a potential therapy for COVID-19

Presence of animal gelatin in capsules, food ails consumer; vegan alternative need of the hour

There are vegan alternatives to gelatine: agar agar, pectin, starches, gums. But companies using gelatin say that they do not have the same chemical and mechanical properties. They are also slightly more expensive.

Eight Chinese pharma cos to be blacklisted for quality issues, may lead to shortage of medicines

The Indian government has issued show cause notices to, and may soon blacklist, eight Chinese pharmaceutical companies found to be supplying poor quality raw material to drug manufacturers in this country

FDA action on Ranbaxy: Whistleblower says Indian pharma relies on jugaad

What ails the Indian pharmaceutical industry that has resulted in action from the US FDA on multiple occasions?

Govt asks DCGI to check quality of drugs sold by Ranbaxy

Super neem: Insecticide, Germicide and now possible cancer cure!

The team of researchers at the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) here has shown (in its two successive papers) how a purified protein from neem leaves inhibits growth of tumour cells in mice.